#2C9AAA#2C9AAA

#2C9AAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.098 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9AAA
RGB	rgb(44, 154, 170)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -24.71, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 30.09, 214.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0851 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.098 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8469, 26.5466, 42.1004)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9AAA #AA3C2C

analogous

#2CAA7B #2C9AAA #2C5BAA

triadic

#2C9AAA #AA2C9A #9AAA2C

tetradic

#2C9AAA #7B2CAA #AA3C2C #5BAA2C

square

#2C9AAA #7B2CAA #AA3C2C #5BAA2C

split-complementary

#2C9AAA #AA2C5B #AA7B2C

monochromatic

#134249 #1F6E79 #2C9AAA #44BDCF #75CEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#2C9AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#2C9AAA on #000000

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Best text color

#000000 on #2C9AAA

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9AAA	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A87AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 154, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.098 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8c3',
    500: '#2c9aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9aaa;
$custom-light: #79b8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.619,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63307,
    "c": 0.09759,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9AAA

secondary

#C37A6F

accent

#5A46E2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9AAA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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